deleted or erased boot sector on main menu help!!!

[abc12345]

hi, AMBIT 250


had haxorware working on settings then al of a sudden not coming up on internet bar.

used terminal to see whats wrong and ended up erasing sector on option e i think on main menu!!!

whats the best way to reflash either by re flashing with softjag or console unlocker and do another re flash any ideas?1!!!!!!! cannot get into p now since deleted this flash i thing....

[cockneysean]

Originally Posted by abc12345

hi, AMBIT 250


had haxorware working on settings then al of a sudden not coming up on internet bar.

used terminal to see whats wrong and ended up erasing sector on option e i think on main menu!!!

whats the best way to reflash either by re flashing with softjag or console unlocker and do another re flash any ideas?1!!!!!!! cannot get into p now since deleted this flash i thing....

I'm sorry but the how the **** did you manage to do all that???????

If you have powered off the modem you are screwed.

If not you may have a chance by SoftJTAG, otherwise it's a TSOP lift, or some hardcore professional micro soldering or the bin.

Personally I recommend speaking to one of the guys on here that do the TSOP lifts to sort it for you.

To do it yourself will be a big learning curve and more money than it's worth, unless you really want to get stuck into it.

[abc12345]

ok, will try softjtag and see what happens, thanks 4 reply will get back to you does not go into terminal and allow p is this because i have deleted it and also powers up ok so may have chance what do u think?

[cockneysean]

No.

If you lost power, the modem has no firmware to boot from, so it's not gonna work.

If you had not killed the power, the firmware would have still been happily running in the modems memory and you could have just used the "d" option to reflash, or softjtag would have done the trick.

In effect, what you have done is akin to formatting your PC's hard drives when you live on a desert island, and then realising that you do not have a Windoze install disk, you quickly realise your error.

[cockneysean]

And may I ask, what led you to end up in modem's internal menu when all you had was some Haxorware problems?

Haxorware is pretty much designed in such a way that you don't have to mess about in there.

You can't really break things permanently by adjusting settings in the Haxorware menu.

Start messing about with the modem's software directly, and you see what problems can occur!

[abc12345]

i know should have left it but its ok all learning experience my first time doing it today but will learn 4 next time but will give it a go.

[cockneysean]

By all means, try taking the TSOP off yourself.

There's some good youtube videos of people doing it but I'm sure they make it look much easier than it really is.

Let us know what you are going to do, and if possible take some pictures!

[abc12345]

nah too much of a hassle!!!! will try to get another modem if this does not work

[cockneysean]

Sorry, what are you going to try to do?

[toolzkit]

Originally Posted by abc12345

cannot get into p now since deleted this flash i thing....

yep you have learnt the hard way m8 (happends to the best of us) the modem will need TSOP removing and bootloader putting back on like cockneysean said...

Originally Posted by abc12345

i know should have left it but its ok all learning experience my first time doing it today but will learn 4 next time but will give it a go.

good lad